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I'd say reaffirmation of a vehicle debt in most cases is a bad idea. The lender doesn't want the car, it won't pay off the loan. If the debtor continues to just pay the loan, the lender is probably going to be content to keep collecting the payments and let the debtor keep the vehicle even without affirmation. It's the best shot the lender has to get paid off. It can always repossess later if the payments do not get made, assuming the lien is still good. If the lien isn't good, then there is even less incentive to reaffirm the debt.

And should the lender take the vehicle in the bankruptcy, so what? If there is negative equity in it, you're dumping a vehicle that has no value to you and getting rid of the debt. You can start over with another vehicle and not be stuck in a financial hole.
The exception to that would be if the car payment was reasonable and the mileage was low or moderate. The odds of being able to finance another car shortly after bankruptcy would be slim, so reaffirming a reasonable car payment would be quite wise.